Logo of Aramco is seen as security personnel stand before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in DhahranSaudi Aramco dressed a worker up as a human hand sanitizer dispenser amid the coronavirus outbreak, quickly prompting criticism that the stunt was racist and demeaning.
The worker appears to be of South Asian ethnicity, and racism toward South Asian immigrants is a common problem in many Middle Eastern countries. Saudi Aramco is an oil company owned by the Saudi Arabian government and is the most valuable company in the world. Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giant and most valuable company in the world, dressed up a worker as a human hand sanitizer dispenser amid the coronavirus outbreak, quickly prompting criticism that the stunt was racist and shameful.
The backlash was swift. People quickly called out the company for the stunt, with one person calling it "shocking contempt for human dignity." Others said the move was racist, shameful, and disgusting. "The humiliation & rendering of some lives as disposable apparently has no bounds," wrote Twitter user Laya Behbahani.
The statement said the move occured without "proper permission" from the company, but did not specify why or how it happened.
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So racist and shameful... look at that sad Dettol baby 😫
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